FEED HUNGRY - GOD WILL DO YOU GOOD

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FEED HUNGRY – GOD WILL DO YOU GOOD

Sagun stayed away at Shirdi running a hotel and he wanted nothing. He then

realized why Sri Tembe Swamiji Maharaj said that he was the man of a great

darbar and what Sadhu meant when he said, fourteen years earlier, "When are you

coming to me?"

Sagun Hotel was situated just opposite the place where pilgrims to Shirdi

alighted. One such pilgrim was Tendulkar from Betul District. After taking

bath, he had darshan of Sai Baba in the Masjid and he invited Baba to lunch

with him. Baba smiled and kept quite. This went on for four of five days, and

everyday Tendulkar ordered two meals, ate one and asked Sagun to keep one

covered up.

One night at 10 o’clock Sagun was cleaning his vessels for milking his

cows. A sadhu approached him and said, "Give me the meal kept for me." Sagun

was a little surprised at his demand but served him cheerfully from what was

kept covered up. After finishing his dinner, he said, "Call the man who ordered

this for me". Sagun sent for Tendulkar but he was sleeping soundly and did not

wake up. "Let it be", said the sadhu, "I belong to the Nath panth (Nath

tradition). Be feeding the hungry like this. God will do you good."

All devotees of Sai Baba at Shirdi came to know of this incident. Shama asked

Baba whether he went to Sagun for meal the previous night. Baba smiled and

said, "I ate and returned. If anyone comes to us for food we should not turn

him away. If we have nothing to give, atleast a little jaggery should be

given."

(Written by: HH Pujya Acharya E Bharatwaja in Sai Baba the Master)